Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, (Image: News18)
Providing further insights into the party’s strategies for the approaching elections, the chief minister said that the incumbent ministers would maintain their current seats. “95 per cent of MLAs will retain seats,” he said
BRS Chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced on Monday that he will contest in the upcoming state assembly polls from the Gajwel and Kamareddy constituencies.
Providing further insights into the party’s strategies for the approaching elections, the chief minister said that the incumbent ministers would maintain their current seats. “Ninety-five per cent of MLAs will retain seats,” he said.
He also officially announced the Telangana elections’ candidates list, encompassing a total of 115 candidates.
BRS Working President KT Rama Rao will be seeking re-election from Sircilla, while Harish Rao is set to do the same from Siddipet.
Among the notable developments, seven new faces are set to join the electoral fray.
However, the candidates for four seats, namely Nampally, Goshamahal, Jangaon, and Narsapur, are yet to be officially declared.
KCR has announced that there will be no alliance with any party or opposition front. The chief minister stated that the focus will also be on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “There is a need for an alternative approach,” he added.
However he asserted that the camaraderie between BRS and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM would continue.
Expressing confidence, the party chief said, “BRS will win between 95-105 seats out of the total of 119 in the upcoming assembly polls.”
Shortly after the announcement, BRS MLC K Kavitha, who is the daughter of Chandrasekhar Rao, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter said the list reflected the people’s faith in the chief minister’s leadership and the BRS’s governance.
“Our leader KCR Garu announced 115 exceptional candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections out of 119 seats. It truly is a testament to the people’s faith in CM KCR Garu’s courageous leadership and the impactful governance of the @BRSparty. We humbly seek the blessings of people of Telangana!!,” the post read.
